Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एवं विधाय विधिवत्प्रणिपत्य क्षमापयेत् । तस्य यत्फलमुद्दिष्टं तच्छृणुष्व नरेश्वर

Transliteration

evaṃ vidhāya vidhivatpraṇipatya kṣamāpayet | tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva nareśvara

Translation

Hat man dies so nach der Vorschrift vollzogen, soll man sich niederwerfen und um Vergebung bitten. Nun höre, o Herr der Menschen, die Frucht, die für diese Observanz verkündet wird.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)

• विधाय: having done/performed
• विधाय: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘according to rule’)

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down
• प्रणिपत्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+नि+पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• क्षमापयेत्: should ask forgiveness / cause to forgive
• क्षमापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम् (धातु) (णिच् causative: क्षमापय)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• तस्य: of that (rite) / its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (फलम्)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• उद्दिष्टम्: stated/declared
• उद्दिष्टम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘निर्दिष्टम्’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तत् (फलम्)’

• शृणुष्व: hear (listen)
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—नराणाम् ईश्वरः

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nareśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, having finished offerings, kneels and prostrates before the liṅga, hands folded, eyes lowered, expressing kṣamā; a sage or narrator figure gestures as if about to declare the fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Nareśvara (address to Yudhiṣṭhira)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship is completed with humility—prostration and seeking forgiveness—before receiving the promised spiritual fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Sarpa-tīrtha-centered vrata narrative, transitioning into its phalaśruti (stated results).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the rite according to proper procedure, prostrate, and explicitly ask forgiveness (kṣamā).